Method of treating human hair



June 10, 1941. R. MAURIELL METHOD OF TREATING HUMAN HAIR Filed July 1,193a aZp ZMaPZbZ Z,

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Application July 1,1938, Serial No. 211,025

-16Claim's.

My invention relates to a method of treating, waving and improving humanhair and to promoting a healthy scalp condition and has for one of theprincipal objects thereof the provision of such a method wherein hair issubjected to an operation which produces a high degree of pliabilitytherein, thereby enabling the hair to be readily and quickly waved andset in a manner to efi'ect a maximum degree of permanency of the hair sowaved.

Another object of my invention is to provide a method of the abovedescribed character wherein the hair is placed in a highly receptivecondition for receiving and absorbing medicaments and the like forpromoting a lustrous growth thereof. 1

A further object of my invention is to provide a method of the abovedescribed character wherein moisture from the atmosphere may readilypenetrate the hair and thus assist in maintaining the wave therein andat the same time promote a healthy scalp condition.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription, appended claims and annexed drawing.

Referring to the drawing wherein like reference characters designatelike parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 illustrates an initial step in my method of treating humanhair.

Figure 2 is a detail greatly enlarged perspective view of a section of astrand of hair, the latter having been subjected to one of theoperations of my method.

As illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawing, strands of human hair aremade up of a number of layers, the central or inner layers 5 being knownas the medulla, which are surrounded with intermediate layers 6 known asthe cortex and also with outer protective layers 1 of a relativehardness or stifi'ness known as the cuticle.

The cuticle comprises imbricated scales 8 having their outer edges 9extending in a direction away from the scalp of the head. The cuticlenot only serves to conceal and protect the cortex but also theunderlying follicles.

Ordinarily, when hair is treated, the cuticle due to its semi-rigidcondition prevents to a large extent impregnation of medicaments and thelike to the cortex and medulla thereby nullifying to a large degree thebeneficial treatments the medicaments would ordinarily produce. Also,due to said semi-rigid condition of the cuticle, the hair has a tendencyto resist waving or curling and to render any waving or curling of ashort duration.

My method overcomes the foregoing disadvantages in treating the humanhair and comprises subjecting growing hair to a moistening operation byapplying thereto a liquid, for instance water, which acts to soften thecuticle. When the cuticle has thus been softened, a section ll of thehair (as illustrated in Figure 1) is grasped between the fingers of onehand and held in a relatively taut condition between the fingers andscalp. When thus positioned, a relatively sharp instrument. for instancea scissor blade II, is moved over the section III and in a directiontowards the head to effect scarification of the section and removingtherefrom portions of the cuticle to expose the cortex, as illustratedin Figure 2.

When the cuticle has thus been removed and the cortex exposed with thefibers of the latter intermixed with the fibers of the original tissue,the shape of the hair may be readily changed to efiect waving due to thehigh degree of pliability thereof brought about by the removal of thecuticle.

The hair in this condition is treated with medicaments which are readilyabsorbed through the cortex thereby stimulating the growth of the hair.Hair thus curled or waved is impregnated with water and the wave set ina neat and dmired style at room temperature, that is, a temperaturewithin the range of to F. approximately. Due to the quick absorption ofthe water by the cortex layers, the hair will dry in a minimum length oftime and thus eliminate the ordinary drying treatments. Also, the readyabsorption of moisture from the atmosphere by the cortex layers servesto retain the hair in a wavy condition.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a method fortreating hair wherein the same may be readily and quickly waved and setwith a high degree of permanency.

What I claim is:

1. A method of treating hair consisting of removing cuticle from saidhair and of fashioning said hair into a wave.

2. A method of treating hair consisting of subjecting hair to ascarifying operation' to remove the cuticle therefrom, of impregnatingsaid scarified hair with a liquid, and of setting said impregnated hairto form a wave.

3. A method of treating human hair consisting of applying a softeningagent to said hair to effect a softening thereof, of subjecting saidhair to a scarifying operation to remove the cuticle therefrom, and ofimpregnating said scarifled hair with a liquid to eflect a settingthereof.

hair, of subjecting said-scarifled hair to a curling operation to form awave, and of impregnating said wave with a liquid to eflect a settingthereof.

6. Process of treating human hair comprising softening the hair cuticleand, by scraping, removing a segmental area of the cuticle forfacilitating introduction -of substances directly to the cortex.

7. The step in a process for waving human hair which comprises scrapingthe cuticle of the hair to remove said cuticle exposing the cortex, overa segmental area.

8. Method of treating human hair to facilitate direct application ofsubstances to the cortex which comprises removing portions of thecuticle by scraping. 1

9. Method of treating human hair comprising scraping segmental areas ofcuticle from strands of softened hair to expose the hair cortex and.impregnating said hair cortex with fluid materials.

10. The step in the method of waving human hair which comprises removinga portion of the cuticle from individual hairs.

11. The steps in the method of waving human hair which comprise removinga portion of the cuticle from individual hairs and forming the hair intoa wave formation.

12. The method of waving human hair which comprises removing a portionof the cuticle from individual hairs and forming individual hairs intowave formation with the hairs in a moist state.

13. The method of waving human hair which comprises removing a portionof the cuticle from human hairs and forming the hairs into waveformation while the hairs are in a moist state and at a temperaturewithin the range of to F. approximately.

14. The method of waving human hair which comprises removing a portionof the cuticle from individual hairs, moistening the hairs and formingthe hairs intoa wave formation while they are in a moist state and at atemperature within the range of 65 to 70 F. approximately.

15. The method of waving human hair which comprises parting the hair toseparate a lock, scraping the underside of the lock to remove a portionof the cuticle from a substantial number of individual hairs in thelock, and forming the look into a wave formation while in a moist stateand at a temperature within the range of 65 to 70 F. approximately.

16. The method of waving human hair on the head which comprisesmoistening the hair, parting the hair to separate a lock, scraping thelock over an area spaced from the end thereof to remove a portion of thecuticle from a substantial number of individual hairs in the lock andforming the look into a wave formation while the hair is in a moiststate and at a temperature within the range of 65 to 70 F.approximately.

RALPH MAURIELL.

